Tabula rasa

For as long as we know, there are countless of thinkers who spent their lives trying to improve and contribute to the educational system. Socrates and John Locke were part of the group as they were both famous educational philosophers and theorists who had similar thoughts. Socrates, from centuries ago, had the idea of learner-based education, but it wasn’t until Locke who essentially brought this to life. (Henson, 2003, p. 5) Since the historical period they lived in were far apart, their…

Locke, Hume, Mill, and the Mysterious Disappearance of Descartes René Descartes, born in France in the 17th century, laid the foundation of modern philosophy. In fact, due to his numerous contributions to the field, he is still considered to be the “father of philosophy.” Though a renowned philosopher, he also made considerable contributions to the fields of science and math, including the Cartesian coordinates, reflection and refraction of light, and analytical geometry (Infoplease, n.d).…

alter an actual Barbie doll into a physical representation of my research. Erasing everything that the doll once was except for the classic Barbie logos, I left her completely naked and faceless, quite literally a ‘blank slate.’ Adopting the name “Tabula Rasa Barbie,” the reconstructed packaging is minimalist, painted to resemble a blank chalkboard. On the back of the packaging, I repurposed the Barbie slogan “You Can Be Anything” to remain the same, but with the addition of the word “really” to…

In his article “Utopianism,” Davis observes that Utopia in the late Renaissance was functional in “the realm of ideas not praxis” in order to solve an intellectual problem that of creating order and coherence to contain chaos and instability; Sir More’s Utopia has certainly similar concerns (Davis 334). Moreover, its “radical nature” finds its expression in political thought, Davis explains that: [Utopia] ran athwart the political languages of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries; rejecting…

Question 2: What accounts for the growth and power of the lower house of the assembly as one of the most powerful institutions in America? Governors, though displeased, were dependent on the colonial assembly due to the control of their salaries, weakening “thier positions” (pg. 71). The governors were touchy with the colonists and avoided angering them to make sure their paycheck was still in their pockets every payday. Since the colonist had so much control, “colonial assemblies came to act…

In life, being judged by others in society is inevitable, no matter how hard a person attempts to avoid it; the only way to survive the harsh opinions is to disregard them and continue forward. The inescapable scrutiny a person encounters from mankind is commonly based on the first piece of information they are presented— one’s name. In Mary Shelley’s novel, Frankenstein, the judgement of the protagonist occurs immediately by both the readers and the other characters as a direct result of the…

Psychology" from Simply Psychology, “At the other end of the spectrum are the environmentalists – also known as empiricists (not to be confused with the other empirical / scientific approach). Their basic assumption is that at birth the human mind is a tabula rasa (a blank slate) and that this is gradually “filled” as a result of experience (e.g. behaviorism).” In the article Nature Vs. Nurture Debate from GoodTherapy, it states that there are certain genetic factors may be inherited which…

notion of innate ideas. Essentially, Locke does not accept the concept that particular ideas intrinsic to the human mind are existent. Perhaps the strongest argument Locke makes for this claim is that we are supposedly born with a “blank slate” or “tabula rasa”, revealing that innate ideas are not possible since majority of ideas are derived from experience (Solomon & McDermid 205). In addition, Locke argues that universal agreement on certain truths does not prove anything innate (Solomon &…

specific focus on elaboration 1.5 “Differentiate teaching to meet the specific learning needs of students across the full range of abilities” (AITSL, 2014). As Locke’s philosophy (cited in Encyclopedia Britannica, 2016) suggests ‘children are not ‘Tabula rasa’ they bring family and community ways of being, belonging and becoming to their early childhood settings’ (DEEWR, 2009). Educational Services Australia (ESA) 2015) states “Differentiating teaching and learning requires knowledge of each…

For my first Get Out paper, I have chosen to write about Epistemology. Epistemology is known to be the study of human knowledge. It simply explains how we get it, what it is, whether we have it, or why we don 't. Each philosopher had a different theory about knowledge and how we come about it. Descartes believed that if we wanted to believe in something with a certainty, that we had to first doubt everything that we already know. In other words, we had to simply pretend that everything was…